Archaeology and Anthropology with Study Year Abroad University of Reading

Overview

This Archaeology and Anthropology with Study Year Abroad BA degree from the University of Reading   four-year, joint honours course combines archaeology’s examination of material evidence from our past and present with anthropology’s focus on human development and contemporary cultures and societies. Studying these two disciplines together allows you insight and understanding of what it means to be human.

Key features

This understanding will be crucial in addressing issues critical to our shared global future, including:

• the relationship between humans and environmental change
• inequality, migration and identity
• population growth and development
• human diets and health
• politics, economics and sustainability.

By examining human development, behaviour and different cultures, you will better understand the roots of these issues, and learn how other societies have tackled comparable problems – and how contemporary societies are addressing them now.

Career opportunities:

Our BA Archaeology and Anthropology with Study Year Abroad degree allows you to develop a broad range of subject-specific and transferable skills in the humanities and the sciences, preparing you for a diverse range of career opportunities.

Archaeology could lead to a career in commercial archaeology or the heritage sector – for example, in a museum or archive – or you could take advantage of development-led archaeology opportunities in planning departments and commercial companies. At Reading, we have long-established relationships with employers within the archaeology and related sectors, including Oxford Archaeology and Cotswold Archaeology, both of which regularly consider our graduates for vacancies.

Anthropology could be a path into international development (with governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations), agriculture, health, and social research, and social policy.

Alternatively, the communication and analytical skills you will acquire could be put to use in:

• education
• not-for-profit
• marketing
• advertising
• law
• PR and the media.